Journalists have been invited to “get a look at what’s new from Android” at a Samsung press event subtitled the ‘Google Episode’, which is to be held at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications trade show in the US on October 11... More
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Narian lines up retail pilots
NFC specialist Narian Technologies expects to try out its retail applications with a large department store chain and a large supermarket chain in the US in the first quarter of 2012... More
Quad/Graphics adds NFC to print
Printing giant Quad/Graphics is to show off print solutions that utilise NFC at next week’s DMA tradeshow in Boston... More
BMO rolls out sticker payments
BMO is to become the first major Canadian bank to issue contactless stickers to its customers, says Canoe.ca... More
Square COO dismisses NFC
Payments start-up Square‘s Keith Rabois has dismissed NFC as not offering value to retailers, telling delegates at GigaOm’s Mobilize conference this week that he has “never met a single merchant in the US who says ‘I want this NFC thing.'”... More
NFC Forum readies test tool RFP
The NFC Forum is working on the second wave of its certification programme, due to be completed next year. As part of the project the standards organisation is looking to appoint an RF analog test tool validation services test house... More
Tapit goes green
NFC marketing specialist Tapit is to supply Australian recycling company Envirobank with NFC tags for use on its public-facing waste recycling stations... More
Latest NFC phone news and rumours • 27 Sept 2011
The latest NFC phone rumours and announcements, including: Galaxy S II with NFC launches on AT&T, T-Mobile in the US • Nokia N9 launches in Middle East • Sonim ships first NFC handset • Samsung Wave 578 ‘Quick Tap’ coming to UK soon • Samsung SHV-E120L specs leak. More
Adobe opens way to NFC with Air 3 plug-ins
Adobe has released a new version of the Adobe Air platform that provides a way for developers to add support for technologies such as NFC to their applications... More
Sonim launches XP1301 rugged NFC phone
The ultra-rugged phone maker’s first NFC handset offers special features designed for tough commercial applications. More
Visa signs global licensing deal with Google
Google and Visa have signed a deal which will allow Visa-issuing banks worldwide to add credit, debit and prepaid accounts to Google Wallet. More
Google Wallet is now live
The first public version of the Google Wallet app is being sent out to Sprint customers via an over-the-air software update today. More
Latest NFC phone news and rumours • 19 Sept 2011
The latest NFC phone rumours and announcements, including: France to get NFC Galaxy S II, with rest of Europe to follow • iPhone speculation • A trio of NFC BlackBerrys • Casio’s DT-X8 rugged terminal • Acer NFC handset could be first of many • Korea gets high-end LG NFC phone • Intel shows off Android tablet design that features NFC More
UPM announces improved NFC tags
Finnish tag manufacturer UPM RFID has introduced a portfolio of NFC tags featuring NXP’s NTAG203 chip, which was announced earlier today... More
NXP debuts NTAG203 tag chip with improved RF sensitivity
NFC pioneer NXP has announced a new chip for NFC tags which offers improved radio sensitivity, meaning that tags can be read over a greater range or that tag antennas can be made smaller... More
Microsoft demonstrates Windows 8 with NFC
Microsoft demonstrates Windows 8 with NFC More
Latest NFC phone news and rumours • 12 Sept 2011
The latest NFC phone rumours and announcements, including: Sony Ericsson’s Nozomi, Samsung’s Omnia W Windows phone, US Samsung Galaxy S II rumours, iPhone 5 anticipation building to fever pitch and Google’s Schmidt hints Android Ice Cream Sandwich could ship in October. More
NFC World is now at nfcworld.com
NFC World’s domain name has changed from ‘nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com’ to the much shorter ‘nfcworld.com’. More
LG Optimus Net to arrive in US with NFC?
The NFC version of LG’s recently announced Optimus Net Android smartphone is set to arrive in the US on T-Mobile, NFC World has learned... More
Mozilla plans NFC support for new mobile operating system
The Mozilla Foundation, responsible for the development of the Firefox open source browser, has announced plans for Boot to Gecko, a new open source operating system designed specifically for mobile phones and tablets... More